Since it's so hard to fire people, it's better for the company to have 50% of your salary as a bonus. Even most people that are doing nothing can probably do n

Since it's so hard to fire people, it's better for the company to have 50% of your salary as a bonus. Even most people that are doing nothing can probably do nothing somewhere else for 100% or their salary. If you do nothing at the company, they can pay you $0 bonus and hope you get mad and quit and go do nothing somewhere else instead.